Remapping the Illegitimate Border (Countering the Legacy of the War of 1812 and the Treaty of Ghent), an installation piece by artist Dylan Miner in collaboration with Indigenous and Latino Youth of Waawayeyaattanong, the Autonomous Windsor-Detroit Borderlands, at the Art Gallery of Windsor during the Border Cultures: Part One (homes, land) exhibition. (Photo: Frank Piccolo)

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Final Report Forms

All final reports are completed and submitted in Nova, OAC’s online granting system.
This now includes grants received through a paper application process.
For instructions on how to log into Nova, see the Nova User Guide. You will find the report form in your Nova profile, under Action Items.
For enquiries regarding reporting requirements, contact us at finalreport@arts.on.ca.

Media Artists Creation Projects

Until this program opens in Nova, the Ontario Arts Council’s online granting system, program information may change. This includes deadline dates and specific information on eligibility. Be sure to visit this page after the program opens in Nova, but before starting your application.

Purpose

The program supports individual professional Ontario-based media artists/directors working with film, video, audio, digital, new media, video and electronic games, and virtual reality as independent artist-controlled art forms in the production and post-production phases of their projects. There are two categories:

Emerging Artist: You have completed at least one independent media work and are not currently enrolled in a formal media arts education program.

Mid-Career & Established Artist: You have completed at least two previous media works independently. Mid-Career artists have a history of independent media arts practice of at least 5 years. Established artists have a history of independent media arts practice of at least 15 years.

Priorities

The program’s priority is to support projects that are innovative – in content, point of view, form, style, technique or process – and that further your development as an artist. In addition to considering the OAC’s priority groups, this program also strives to support gender parity.

Deadline dates

April 10 and October 1, 2019, 1 p.m. ET

Applications are available in Nova approximately two months before the deadline.

Grant notification will be available approximately four months after each deadline.

Grant amount(s)

Emerging: $10,000 maximum

Mid-Career & Established: $40,000 maximum

Important: Total project budgets must not exceed:

$75,000 for Emerging applications

$300,000 for Mid-career and Established applications

Eligible applicants

artists/directors who have a permanent physical address in Ontario

artists/directors who work with or without a producer

artists/directors who hold copyright over the work. Contracts with producers or other funders must not require that you give up such control, even if they are arranged after you have received confirmation of OAC support

emerging, mid-career or established artists/directors who have completed the requisite number of independent works

graduate students who are applying to the Mid-Career and Established category only. You must provide a letter from the department head stating your proposed project is not a part of your academic program

Ineligible applicants

artists who apply to the Visual Artists Creation Projects program in the same year

collaborators (e.g., co-director) named in one application cannot be the applicant or collaborator on another application submitted to this program at the same deadline

collaborators (e.g., co-director) named in one application cannot be the applicant on another application for the same project submitted to this program in the same year

applicants who have previously received a Media Artists grant in the Mid-career & Established category cannot apply in the Emerging category

This program funds

Production and post-production costs, including artist and personnel fees, related travel expenses, insurance, promotional materials, prototyping, rights for visuals and sound/music, facility and equipment rentals, purchase of small-scale equipment, software, electronics and similar materials required to carry out the project

You may apply for:

animation

audio or video art

dance film/video (for the choreography only, also see the Dance Projects program)

documentary

drama/comedy

experimental

media art installation

new media

media-based performance projects

web-based art projects

video or electronic games

virtual reality projects

This program does not fund

research and screenwriting

a series or group of works (including web series and podcasts)

commissioned projects and projects contracted for, or produced by a government agency, not-for-profit or private company

promotional projects or public service announcements

educational or instructional projects

producer-driven projects and “calling-card” films

student projects, including those done through a training centre or program (e.g., Banff Centre, National Screen Institute, Canadian Film Centre)

description of the project undertaken and its outcomes, including details on any minor or approved changes to what had been outlined in the application

final budget

If the budget you submit shows a surplus of more than $250 (revenues as compared to expenses), you may be required to repay the surplus amount to OAC.

documentation and/or an explanation of how you acknowledged or will acknowledge OAC support for your project

This should include samples of OAC logo recognition on any promotional or other materials produced in conjunction with the project, such as publications, brochures, posters, invitations, websites, or videos/films. This could also include a description of verbal acknowledgement at public events or the intention to include OAC acknowledgement in associated future activities/materials

if applicable, description of verbal acknowledgement at public events or the intention to include OAC in associated future activities/materials

video file of or link to the completed work

To apply

Complete and submit an application in Nova, OAC’s online grant application system. You will be able to do this approximately two months before the deadline.

Program-specific definitions

Independent: Work that you initiated as the artist/director. You have complete creative and editorial control and hold copyright. Student, commissioned, and commercial works are not considered independent.

Emerging: You have completed at least one independent media work.

Mid-career: You have completed at least two independent media works. You have been practicing for at least five years.

Established: You have completed at least five independent media works. You have been practicing for at least 15 years.

For more than 50 years, OAC has played a vital role in promoting and assisting the development of the arts for the enjoyment and benefit of Ontarians. In 2017-18, the Ontario Arts Council invested $58.7 million in 231 communities across Ontario through 2,294 grants to individual artists and 1,474 grants to organizations.